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LOGAN x Doubts that might hive existed regarding whether or not flax can be grown successfully in the Willamette valley were dispelled yesterday when a party of nearly 100. prominent Portland and Sa lem business, professional men and farmers spent the day In the heart oC the flax growing dis trict, in celebration of the arrival and operation of the new flax pulling machinery that is being in troduced into Oregon in a large vay for the first, time. ; Trucks and wagons were passed by the cararan, loaded with the flax fresh from the field and on its way to the penitentiary, where it is being handled by the state flax plant. Empty vehicles, re turning for other loads, were met. Nature was kind and offered ideal conditions for such a visit, the thermometerj being under 90 der rees in contrast to the excessive heat of the previous day. Machine Proves "Efficiency . That flax I can be pulled with machinery instead of the old hand method was demonstrated, for the machine observed has already cut more than 80 acres, handling the flax as effectively i as rfny binder and leaving the field ifemarkably clean, ;pulling from tpe ground and binding ,tbe bundles with all the plant that was fit foi market! An inspection i of ; the , state prison flax plant was first on the day's program, all processes be Ing, in active operation, frdni bringing the flax from the waref houses (where it has been stored during the winter, through the retting tanks, threshers and baled as flax tow for use by upholstery manufacturers. Flax cut by hinders is utilized in this manner while that pulled by hand or ma chinery is kept far its fibre and ultimate linen manufacture. Puller Has Record V From the prison the men were .taken to the Peter E. Thomasson farm, about (wo miles southeast of Turner, located in the center ! of the largest flax production areas in the country, where more than 1000 rcres are being harvested a$ rapidly as possible. It was intone of the fields . belonging to Mr. .Thomasson that the puller was operating, one machine In one day equalling the amount of flax that could be pulled by hand with 80 pickers. The machine, one ! of seven in operation in the. district, has a record of eight acres a day, and is being operated at a direct cost o-f $3.65 an acre, exclusive, however, of team and driver, in contrast to the $20 an acre cost of polling by hand. Twelve other machines hive been sold ih the district . ! ' i; ' Hear About Flax ' It was here that the visitors u learned that the average yield per acre was about two tons, and this an exceptionally dry year. ! A short distance from the first, field was another, also belonging to Mr. Thomasson. v The flax here was heavy and a dark green. On July 1 it had not sprouted, but with the I turning in of a Bmall quan tity of water, it has reached the blossom stago in less than a month. This was pointed to as an example of what can be done under irrigation and the necessity . of some artificial means of water ing in dry seasons. From. 70 acres (Continued on page 3) THE WEATHER OREGON: Fair in interior; cloudy near coast Saturday; somewhat lower temperatures! in interior; moderate north west winds. '! . LOCAL. WEATHER j " j Friday) Maximum temperature, 87. Minimum temperature, 58. River. 2.3; stationary. Rainfall, none. . r Atmosphere, clear. ; : 1 Wind, southwest. V SAN FRANCISCO, July! 25. Hijackers were held responsible attempt and for for one murder an assault on an aged woman and a young girl in the San Francisco bay region today. H. J. Ferris, San Francisco merchant and boot legger suspect, is suffering 'from serious bullet wounds as a result of a supposed" brush with bUack ersr in the Halfmoon bay region south of here.: j i I The aged -woman, Mrs.; Mary Grabau, 80, owner of the Crum ranch winery at Llvermore. Ala meda county, , and Miss Christine Jung, 18, who lives with her.Vere attacked by a gang of supposed hijackers who attempted to enter the winery. They were, frightened away, leaving the women, beaten and semi-conscious, behind them.- Explosion Buries Workers Rescue Crews Attempt ing to Reach Miners i GATES, Penn., July 25.- Nine teen men are reported entombed in the Gates mine v of the jH. C. Frick Coke company here as the result of an explosion that occur red early tonight. Rescue crews working in three shifts are at tempting to j reach the men but doubt was expressed whether their efforts will be morning. successful before One hundred andtwenty men were at work in the' mine at the time, but only the one section was affected by the explosion. The rescue crews encountered considerable difficulty as a! result of numerous cave-ins that blocked their path: It is also feared they will encounter poisonous gases and they have been .equipped with masks. The Frick company has summoned its rescue cars fjrom the entire district. The mine is of the shaft type and the chamber in which! the en tombed men were working is lo cated from a mile and a j half to two miles back jof the entrance. Seventy-five men were filled In the same mine by an explosion in February, 1922, E - i FORCE SHAKEN UP Chief Finds Officers Deliver- . mg Booze. Drinking With Bootleggers ASTORIA, Or., July 25. Three members of the Astoria police force were discharged today by City; Manager Kratz on charges of delivering liquor for bootleggers, accepting presents from bootleg ers drinking j with bootleggers, disobeying orders, and conduct un becoming officers. j The officers discharged , were C. F. Parker, C. E. McGhee and C. N. Krelscher. . f Discussing the matter today, Mr. jKratz said: "I baVe found that'Police officers have taken bot tles :of liquor from bootleggers to deliyer them to customers I have found that officers hare been drtokjnp with bootlegger i., not by way of getting evidence, but so cially. I have discovered that they have accepted presents from known bootleggers. They now have been removed and alny other member of the police force engag ing in similar conduct will be dealt with in a like manner." : . - Ku Klux Denied the Use Of State Fair Grounds XAKIMA, Wash., July 25. Use of the state fair grounds here was today denied the Ku Klux Klan by Frank H. Gloyd, director of the department of agriculture, for: an all-northwest ceremonial and Initiation on August 91, accord ing to local klansmen, who said that other grounds had already been leased near the city for put ting on the ceremonial. Several thousand members of the organ ization from alt parts of the north west and Oregon will be here. It ASTORIA POLC I liOTfTliiir I rhArriann i-ai,l at ho i I I f ' t. ' v - 4. . I1- ' - 13 I UliUUkU lllliyil i : .r office here today that while! he " 1 ill vnS7 , ' ! l ViJS 0 Unmistakable Hardening of Opinion Against Submit ting to Financier's Dicta tion Noticed BRITISH STRIVE FOR t COMPROMISE MEASURE Experts, and Observers Grow Fearful for the Con i tinuance of Meet LONDON, July 25. Although the inter-allied conference marked time! today, there was observable tonight an unmistakable harden ing In the attitude of all of the delegates against submiting to the dictation of the international fi nanciers in f ormulaing a protocol to launch the Dawes plan. The French spokesmen in : ex pressing the views of Premier Herrlot were more unyielding than ever toward the surrender of any rights which France enjoys under the treaty of Versailles. In American circles it was stated that the Dawes plan was of such ini portance that it could not be Jeop ardized by the relatively unimport ant; disputes between the bank ers and the delegates. The British continued confidant that! a compromise would " be reached on the question of se curity for. a German loan that will satisfy both the bankers and the French politicians. Among all the experts, observ ers ; advisers and delegates there ib a concerted effort to settle th 2 difficulties which have beaet thr parleys for weeks and which at times' have seemed to threaten the very existence of the conference. Thft afternoon Frank B. Kellogg, the? American ambassador went so far; as to say that the problems of defaults and sanctions . under the Dawes plan and their relations to security for the German loan would not necessarily have to be settled in. London. This view however, is not shared by the other delegations, where it Was said the iseue the bankers have injected into the proceedings ""is paramount and that as soon as It Is settled the conference can con sider its work completed. Despite the delays which have occurred, the atmosphere of toe negotiations is described as not pessimistic, but as of "cautious confidence" and "restrained con fidence." Mayor John Hyian of N. Y. j Not to Run for Governor LOS ANGELES, , jHly 23. Mayor John F. Hyian of New York is not unalterably opposed to run ning for governor of New York and may decide to become a can didate for that office, "if the pro gressive element in the Btate de mands it,' -says, the Lq8 Angeles Examiner. Mayor Hyian, who arrived in Los Angeles last night with Mrs. Hyian and William Randolph Hearst, publisher, has been paying little attention to politics since he! left New York, he told inter viewers today, but he nevertheless admitted that it is "not "unlikely" that he may enter the guberna torial race. TO BE OBSERVED Girl Evangelist Will Address :Youn esters of Own Age This Afternoon Another large crowd greeted little Uldine Mabelle Utley. 12-year-old evangelist at the armory last night, larger than the open ing night, as word of her appear ance has spread more and a gen eral interest is being shown by the churches. T"his afternoon at 2:30 o'clock there will be special children's services, with the usual night ser vices at 7:45 o'clock. Miss Utley will have as her subject, "The Two Roads" tonight. Two services will be held Sun day, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and the usual hour at night.' ' A special song service is being held in connection with the serv- CHILOR mm admitted there wero forest fires in the state thfre was no doubt that the reports had been magnified. "A brush fire will start,") the governor said, "andjt immediately assumes; the proportions of a for est fire.i I admit that there have been serious fires in the state but I feel that they have been magni fied." ' j; - .v.'VHf- : ! The j governor said that jthe state had plenty of men to fight the fires and did ?; not need from the federal government. aid IS ADOPTED HERE Organization of Salem Co. operative Prune Growe Completed Friday ; Complete organization of j the Salem Cooperative? Prune Grow ers local unit to affiliate with the Northwest Prune exchange, was effected here Friday afternoon with the election of a temporary board of directors,1 officers and a representative of the state meet ing of the North Pacific Coopera tive Prune exchange L Portland Monday. . v . j With; 21 growers signing up yesterday, there are 315 acres controlled by the local unit. With other local units, at least 50 per cent of the northwest prunes' will be handled by the new exchange. Officers of the local unit are F. C. Ewing, president; James P. Smart,! vice president, and p. A. Ratcliff, secretary treasurer.' M. P. Adams was elected delegate to the state meeting. Other direct ors ari T. D. Trick, H. II. Vander vort arid A. E. Cummlngs. j With1 the completion of the lo cal unit the following communi ties will be affiliated. with thej new exchange: V : ' ; ) - j Clarke countyj; Wash., Scotts Mills, Dundee, Forest Grove, yam hill, Dallas, Salem, Eugene Fruit, Lane County Prune Growers' and Sprlngbrook. Crewell, it is jsaid, may , complete its; organization to day in time to send a representa tive to! Portland. All of the com munities above will be repre sentcdi r IS CO0UDGE PLEfl President Addresses Large -Audience of Scouts on : i Organ's Ideals WASHINGTON, July 25. Rev erence for nature, for law! and for God was laid down as the fundamental of ; Boy Scouthood and of American institutions by President Coolidge In an address delivered tonight at the White House and transmitted by i tele phone to a farewell meeting In New jYork for a group orj Boy Scouts who will sail tomorrow to attend an international gathering of the organization In Copen hage. I j . ; Th4 -president bade the scouts farewell In his capacity as honor ary president of the American Boy Scouts, and, enjoined the depart ing boys to show to the foreign associates in the scout movement that they desired to protec and cherish their own country and "contribute to the well-being, right-jthlnking and true-living of the whole world," j . "There was no boy scout organ ization In my boyhood, but every boy who has the privilege of grow ing up on a farm learn Instinct ively jthe three! fundamentals of scouthood," the president ) said. "Thej first is a reverence for na ture. Boys should never losej their love of the fields and the streams, the mountains and the plains, the open places and the forests!. jEUGEXK MILL BURNS EUGENE, Or., July 25. -4- The mill bf the E & B Shingle com pany at Betzen. near Cushman, on the lower Siuslaw river, was de stroyed by fire today. Th loss is estimated at $40,000, and it is half Icovered by insurance, f The dry kiln and all the stock on hand were burned. The mill was Owned by' Henry and Carl Bergman, ban.kjrg of Florence, j LOCAL I T M NATURE REVERENCE I . - i : .- I -;I . -i." : f :. t ..v.-.-.-...-:"-:w---V. : JliiasaiS I " Higher Humidity Helps to Check Flames, But Con ditions Still Regarded as Very Serious KLAMATH FALLS HAS MOST SERIOUS BLAZE 1500 Acres of Valuable Pine hreatened; Other Fires are Reported PORTLAND. Or;; July 25. The Oregon fire situation showed some improvement today as a result of a higher degree of humidity than prevailed - yesterday, but condi tions -were reported dangerous. ' The- most serious fire reported today seemed -to be in Klamath county, where 1 yesterday fire broke out in the Horsefly moun tain district near Bly. An unfav orable wind caused the flames to leap today beyond check and to night 'the firef was blazing fierce ly, after having burned over. 1500 acres of valuable timber. The fire was said to threaten a large section of the best yellow pine in Klamath county, j The fire situa tion around Detroit was much im proved today. . The main fire now seems to be burning on the north side of; the Breitenbush river near Berry and is gradually burning to the river's edge, which will act as j a spread. .barrier against further Fires Under Control In the Tumble jlake country it appears that spot fires are all that are! burning in unsalable' timber. Another fire is burning in slash ings near the workings off the Siiyerton Lumber! company, north of Mehama. ( I. Near Roseburgf the forest ; fire situation was greatly improved. Two new fires were reported,! one at jTyee and another in the Rob erts mountain district. Coos county fires were reported to I be practically! under control, and that which caused alarm in the vicinity of Rock Creek has been checked. L . , Fire! which last, night broke out on! Grizzly mountain near Ash land, was today controlled by a crew of 40 men.' v . ; i ! Wind Saves Alsca : . A change in th direction of the wind saved Alsea last night from forest fires. The. fire burned through the holdings of the Everr green Lunjber company and - into the Griswold tract. i Bend reported ! that I two forest fires were visible, one at IJessie batte, in Brooksi-Scanlon timber. where the flames were spreading ovj?r a half mile front, and one-at Squaw Back ridge; north of Sis ters, where the jsmoke could be seen extending high into the air. PORTLAND CURTAILS WATER PORTLAND, July 25. As the result! of a fall in the reserve of the Portland water supply, due to the continued dry weather, the city water department has issued orders restricting the use of water for sprinkling purposes to seven hours a day, ; . REFUSE TO APPEAR Leaders I of Railway Em. ployes Insist That the BoarcUJas Not Power CHICAGO. July 25. Chairmen of railroad employees summoned before the United States railroad labor board will not appear; vol untarily to testify in their wages and rules, dispute with western carriers, despite the ruling of the bbard that ; in assuming", jurisdic tion it was functioning within' its power,, Donald R. Richbcrg. coun sel for the employes said late to day. ' . I No court or public' tribunal has authority to select . witnesses to testify in -behalf Of a party except upon the request and with tho consent of, the party for whom the evidence is to be presented ', Mr. Richberg asserted. Consequently, he added, representatives oT tho employees will stand on their re quest to each. carrier for further direct negotiation j.i. LABOR CHAIRMEN III Zr'rfrim r i -: r OJ f ' - .1 n i 1 1 1 li linn nn 1 1 i lit iwi, f, .Ktfftttat - v- tittw.JI Vjtfy . Iff' ' Senator Robert M.? La Follette, Progressive candidate for presi dent, has begun the organization of hfs campaign. ' Among the first steps he Is takfng is to enlist the support women ' the country over. The photograph above shows the Wisconsin Senator conferring with two' of his advisers, Frank Stevens, chairman of the committee of Forty-eight, and Gilbert E. Roe of New York, a close friend of La LTBLLiTTETD Progressive Candidate Pre pares for a Nation Wide Mobilization WASHINGTON, July 25. A determined effort is to be made to get women to enlist under the La Follette-for-president banner. - Plans for making a nation-wMe appeal for support were discussed today by the committee which will have charge of the La Fol-lette-Wheeler campaign. As a re sult Mrs. Mabel. C. Costigan, com mittee member, was directed to call a conference of women, to be held here shortly, with a view to perfectfng an organization. Invitations to attend the con ference will be extended to women members of various organizations affiliated with the conference for progressive : political action which has thrown its active support to the La Follette-Wheeler ticket and to other women; desiring to attend. j It is intended at the conference to organize a large committee to handle campaign activities among women and to mobilize women supporter of Senators La Follette and Wheeler. The appeal. It is declared, will be based on the contention that La Follette, as a senator, was one of the early champions of woman suffrage, has persistently championed the cause of peace and is making a cam paign on a "clean government program." ,! ' , FDREST FIRES IRE REPORTED BETTER Situation Improving Slowly; Men Not Lost as Was First Believed Late reports from the Bald Mountain and Lucklamute river districts are to the effect that the forest fire damage will not reach the proportions estimated. But little green timber has been burned and the iSpauIding Logging company's main "i loss 13 sevn frestles. The camp is entirely out of danger for the present. Be cause of the loss of the bridges, operations will be delayed for a short while. Walter L. Spaulding is at the camp estimating the exact loss. Reports from Dallas Friday an nounced the safe return of two men who were reported as having been cut off by the fire In the Bald Mountain district. The first report said that tour men were believed to have been hemmed in by the flames. v Salem and vicinity was covered with a heavy pall-of smoke yes terday and it was almost impos sible to see any distance. ; This smoke Is handicapping forest fire lookouts, irho are unable, to see aoj report tSt figs fjica w - - - - r - w f r f V -1 ff .EARRESTED . FOR TAR PARTY Young Woman Is Beaten and Covered With Feath ers in Maryland 1 FREDERICK, Md., July 25. Eight men j and one woman, ar rested on warrants charging them with tarring and feathering ; Miss Dorothy Grandon, 20. of Martins burg, W. Va., were arraigned be fore Magistrate Brust tonight and held for the September grand jury under $2,000 each. Bail! of $500 was fixed for Miss-Grandon as a material witness. . ; :f - Those arrested are Mrs. Mary Shank, whom the girl charges with!; applying the tar and feath ers; fher husband, Calvin Shank, her jfather-in-law,' Roma Shank; Harry Leatherman, Alvey ; Rice, Arthlir Rice', Arwin Rice, Paul Grospnickle and Grayson Doub, all of near- Myersvflle, Md. !- ; At tho magistrate'Sv hearing Mrs. Shank admitted applying the tar and feathers. The other de fendants declared their only ob ject was to request "Miss Grandon to leave the town. They took no (Continued on page 2) MOTS ARE Burns and Arthur, Escaped July 3, Being Held By j Ogden Police Two of the tiiree convicts who escaped from the prison- brickyard July 3 have, been picked up in Ogden, according to word re ceived Friday by Warden A. M. Dalrymple. The two are Robert Burns and; Dale Arthur. The third member of the gang was William Anderson, who has not been heard from. . Burns was received from .Mar ion county March 24, 1923. to serve'! 15 years for assault and robbery. Arthur was . received Septrfnbrr 30. 1922. from Clatsop county, to serve five years for burgllry. i .' , Warden! Dalrymple said yester day !e .would send one or two guardf; after the convicts oyer the week-pnd. 4 : : TWO CO ra 111 OT j NOTICE TO OUR READERS The Statesman carriers, will call to make their monthly collections today. , ! Your newspaper boy is just starting in business for himself '. This is his first effort to learn business and his success or failure depends to a considerable extent on your good will and co-operation. A pleasant smila and a cheery word will encourage your boy and help him make a success of this, his first venture in business life. He will appreciate it and show his good will in any way he can. ! ) If your subscription is already paid, ignore this no tice and accept pur thanks - , STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Joint Murderer Once De clared for Death Penalty to Reporter; Leopold Val ues Life 1 LIFE IMPRISONMENT IS EXPECTED FROM JUDGE Youth ; Holds. Crime Not in i Murder But in Getting Caught After Act CHICAGO. July 25. (By The Associated Press) Nathan Leo pold, Jr., after his confession to a part in the kidnaping and mur der of 14 year old Robert Franks, held his life dear because he be lieved he had "Important work to do for the world." ' Richard Loeb, co-partner In the crime, believed:" - -J. "Who -ever committed that crime-should be strung up." ? The mental reactions of both youths to the consequences of their conspiracy were detailed to day In court. - - j - v ' Leopold, whose life, with that of Loeb, is at stake In the hear ing before Chief Justice John R. Caverly of the criminal court, ex pressed his sentiment and other processes of his mind to the police otflcers who guarded hini after the first joint confessions-to the crime. V; Loeb Reveals Thoughts Loeb gave his idea of a fit pun ishment for the act in a con versa tion with a newspaper reporter be fore his arrest. He also gave re porter "tips" on how to trace the activities of the kidnapers, ascrib ing his circumspection to the read ing of detective stores. . ' ' James J. Cortland, a city detec- . five sergeant, testified to this at the conclusion of ! the third day's sessions of the proceedings thlr afternoon. He reported sentence that held his auditors close atten tion. Cortland detailed the con versations he had with Leopold in an attempt to learn the motivi for the crime. : ; - - "I asked him what defense ht would offer and Leopold said that if his folks wanted him to hang he would plead not guilty and go 4efore a jury which would surely hang him. He said: Expected Life Sentence. "If I plead guilty before a friendly' Judge I , will get off with life imprisonment . '. "He then told me that he be lieved he had important work to do for the world.' He said he had carried along his bird studies to an advanced stage and thought he might be able to contribute some thing through writings and re search." ; Gortland also testified that Leo pold had told him of going to Sunday school regularly as a child, and being advanced to the confirm mktion class. The witness added that Leopold explained that his ex treme youth kept him from being confirmed at that time in the Jew' Ish faith. j . " 'I was taught Conscience un til I was eight years old, Leopold told me, said Gortland. "'But after that time I drilled conscience out of myself. j : r i Murder Not a Crime "Leopold alsojsaid: .'Murder Is not a crime in my code. The crime in my' code is in being caught.' " " The detective perpeant also said that Leopold had no sorrow for young Franks or the latter's fam ily. :-: V ' ' ' . - "I don't give J a dam if they croak this minute," the defend ant was quoted by the witness. Cortland's testimony climaxed the day's proceedings, which took the caserInto the realm of mental reactions ana motives, centering (Continued on page 7)